Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we’re their most reliable ally, too.
BEN STEINThe American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities.
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Evolutionism as taught by Darwinism has nothing to say about how life originated. Has nothing to say about how the governing principles in the universe, gravity, thermodynamics, motion, how those originated. It’s got some gigantic missing pieces.
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Science leads you to killing people.
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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose – not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.
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I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty … This is my highest and best use as a human.
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It is so great to sleep in safe, glorious, beautiful America. I just cannot get over it.
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If there’s a recession, I’d buy stocks. That’s when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.
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Yes, Americans can still get credit for cars and trucks and refrigerators, and those businesses are doing well. But just try to get a home loan now.
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I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant – just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.
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Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
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I’m an economist by training. I don’t really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
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I don’t believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.
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It isn’t the rich people’s fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.
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You cannot win if you’re not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
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I’m out and about meeting people all day long. And I’m very friendly; I talk to just about everybody I meet.
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